With 47 percent of the precincts reporting, Steve Danon and Dave Roberts were virtually tied for the San Diego Diego County Board of Supervisors.Steve Danon, chief of staff to Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Solana Beach, and the deputy mayor of that coastal city, Dave Roberts, were headed to a runoff Wednesday in their race for a seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

Democrat Juan Vargas was the top vote-getter and Republican Michael Crimmins placed second in the race for the 51st Congressional District. Under California's new "top-two'' primary system, the pair of candidates with the most votes will square off in the general election in the House races.

The race to elect a councilmember for District 5 is unique. Not only is Mark Kersey running unopposed, but he is also a non-incumbent. The last time this happened in the city of San Diego was when Harley Knox was elected to this seat in 1932.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back a recall challenge Tuesday, winning both the right to finish his term and a voter endorsement of his strategy to curb state spending, which included the explosive measure that eliminated union rights for most public workers.

A new Obama campaign ad says the Massachusetts economy actually fared poorly during Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's four years as governor, challenging the notion that Romney knows how to fix the nation's ailing economy.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney insists that when it comes to health care, his first priority is the full repeal of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. But some of his actions of the past few days have conservatives scratching their heads.

An endangered California Channel Island Fox pup nicknamed "Garth" has a new home in the Santa Barbara Zoo, after being rescued and cared for by Navy biologists. The three-month-old fox was given an official send-off Monday at Naval Base Coronado before heading to his new home in Santa Barbara.

Remember back when Marine Cpl. Kelsey De Santis took Justin Timberlake as her date to her Marine Corps Ball? Well, JT did, because the actor-musician invited De Santis to be his date to the Spike TV Guys Choice Awards.

As the San Diego History Center celebrates what the tuna industry once meant to this city, we look at those who were instrumental in making tuna the city's second largest industry and examine the reasons for its decline.

More than 1 million people have visited the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum on San Diego's waterfront in the past year, making it the first such attraction to reach the seven-figure attendance mark in a 365- day period, the museum announced today.

A rare astronomical event will take place Tuesday evening: The planet Venus will pass between Earth and the sun, appearing as a small black dot moving across the sun's bright disk. It's known as the transit of Venus, and it won't happen again for more than 100 years.

Handwritten letters to loved ones stolen from the body of Army Sgt. Steve Flaherty in 1969 during the Vietnam War will be returned to his family, as part of historic artifact swap between the United States and Vietnam.